Except for the fossil from Niuyan Cave, which can be classified as a modern snow leopard, the others show significant differences compared to existing snow leopards. The researchers concluded that ...

In the study, the researchers described snow leopard fossils from five sites: Longdan in Gansu, China; Arago in France; Zhoukoudian locality 3 in Beijing, China; Manga Larga in Portugal; and Niuyan ...

To address this, the research team identified five significant fossil sites across Eurasia: Longdan (Gansu, China), Arago (France), Zhoukoudian Locality 3 (Beijing, China), Manga Larga (Portugal) and ...

The research team reviewed a large number of samples of the common leopard (Panthera pardus) from Europe and Asia. They identified five snow leopard fossils. The records are from China ...

Chinese researchers have completed the first large-scale snow leopard population assessment, which is also the largest officially published global survey, estimating a total population of around ...

A snow leopard who helped preserve her own endangered species has died of age-related ill health, a zoo has said. The big cat, known as Tara, was kept at Lakeland Wildlife Oasis (LWO) near ...

See All Key Ideas The Himalayan wolf (Canis lupus chanco) and snow leopard (Panthera uncia) are apex predators in alpine ecosystems. By controlling the numbers of meso-predators and herbivores ...

China has completed its first large-scale snow leopard population assessment, which is also the largest-scale snow leopard population survey officially published globally, according to a press ...

This file photo taken by an infrared camera shows a snow leopard in the Mount Qomolangma reserve area in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region. [Photo/Qomolangma Snow Leopard Protection ...

In the study now published, researchers reviewed a large amount of samples assigned to the common leopard (Panthera pardus) from Europe and Asia and for the first time identified five snow leopard ...

The skull of the leopard of Algar da Manga Larga, deposited at the Geological Museum of Lisbon. Credit: Darío Estraviz-López, 2019 Differences in the skulls of leopards and snow leopards.